FastCompany points to SunEdison, which has possibly discovered the business breakthrough that could make solar power take off:

When you’ve got Wal-Mart and Whole Foods as eager customers for the same alternative energy source, you’re doing something new. The remarkable thing is that SunEdison’s solar success has nothing to do with technology. It’s all about a business breakthrough.

Blogging has dropped off dramatically in the last few weeks. First, I went on a weeklong trip. Then, shortly after I got back, my laptop's motherboard went out and I had to use a borrowed laptop for about ten days. In the middle of all this, I've been handling SIGDOC submissions and various projects.

This is going to be a busy summer: Beyond SIGDOC, I'm conducting two field studies, coauthoring two grant proposals, and of course directing the CWRL, and I anticipate revising my book manuscript soon. We'll see if I can fit a litle blogging in there too.

Monday, June 11, 2007

Andrew Sullivan notes that Ron Paul's campaign has raised a lot of money since the debates -- going from just under half a mil to perhaps $5 mil, which puts him neck and neck with John McCain. That would allow him to compete across the nation, state by state. Speculation is that this surge has something to do with his principled antiwar stand.

That's great news for his campaign in the short term, but I am not sure his platform is going to be popular -- abolishing the Department of Homeland Security is one thing, abolishing the Department of Education is quite another.